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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: koan who wrote (136338)8/28/2013 2:02:57 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 

He knew it and he made a Faustian bargain! He also knew exactly how he was being used. We all knew it at the time!

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It was up to Powell to make sure he wasn't being "used". He is/was well intended, but "blew it" on Desert Storm. He never got that he was the "token" black for the Pubs and their "gang" politicos.



Nope--the evidence is that Powell trusted the "Bushies" and that they took advantage of him for it. Plus he wanted to be a team player. He did say with reference to Iraq "if you break it you own it" and boy was he ever right about that.
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